Tree, by Daniel Kitson
Theatre review by Steve Bennett
06/01/2015 … Daniel Kitson actively avoids having a high profile, but the month-long London run of his two-hander Tree, performed with Tim Key, must be his most commercially…
2015 Archives
Tue 06 January 2015
Cosby accusers seek their day in court
06/01/2015 … Two women who accuse Bill Cosby of sex offences in the 1970s have joined a legal action against the star.
© Tony G / Creative Commons I've just seen 140 new comedians... it was largely excruciating
Roland Muldoon despairs at the predictability of most hopefuls
06/01/2015 … Now we have chosen the 15 acts for the Bloomsbury Theatre NATY (New Act Of The Year) showcase, I have to own up that the auditions were a gruelling, often dispiriting,…
Mon 05 January 2015
Sacha Baron Cohen studied by aiii-cademics
Ali G creator 'hard to criticise'
05/01/2015 … Sacha Baron Cohen’s work has become the subject of academic research, which concluded that his characters were ‘difficult to criticse’.
© ITV/Big Talk ITV release Cockroaches via broadband
05/01/2015 … ITV has put all six episodes of its new post-apocalyptic comedy Cockroaches online, more than a week before its conventional broadcast.
© BBC Rowan Atkinson joins Horrible Histories
Kids' sketch show makes a comeback
05/01/2015 … Rowan Atkinson is returning to period comedy – by making a guest appearance in Horrible Histories.
Self improv-ment
John Cooper on the benefits of an under-appreciated comedy form
05/01/2015 … When I meet new friends and they ask me what I do, if we're on the same wavelength I'll reveal I'm a stand-up.